Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Go Down Moses by William Faulkner

I enjoyed returning to this book. I'm not sure what to do with the misogyny this time around. I am more convinced than ever that fragmentation is important to this book, though whether we call it a novel or not is perhaps not the most relevant question. I'm also interested in the inclusion of "Pantaloon in Black," which for all its beauty and power, seems to me a way of dodging the race question by deflecting it onto a character that only appears once in a body of fiction that's so invested in repetition. This collection is really fascinating, and still bears much re-reading.

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